racana

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Latin

Etymology

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Noun

rācāna f (genitive rācānae); first declension

  1. garment, wrap

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rācāna rācānae
genitive rācānae rācānārum
dative rācānae rācānīs
accusative rācānam rācānās
ablative rācānā rācānīs
vocative rācāna rācānae

Descendants

  • Dalmatian: recanjala

References

  • racana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • racana in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रचन (racana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.t͡ʃa.na/
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ca‧na

Noun

racana

  1. arrangement, structure, construction, layout, design
  2. literary composition, literary style
  3. ornament, embellishment

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • "racana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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